variants or highflyer

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Recent Examples of highflier At first look, Biogen seems more like a plodding drugmaker than a pending highflier: The neurology specialist boasts a market cap of about $46 billion. Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020 The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota. David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020 The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy. Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020 O’Neal continued, referring to the legendary former Nets and Philadelphia 76ers highflier Julius Erving. Marc Stein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020 See All Example Sentences for highflier
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Noun
  • This best-selling Korean formula is made with skin-soothing powerhouses shea butter and murumuru seed butter.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • The Old Dominion is still a business powerhouse, tops for Education, and second best for Infrastructure.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The hustler mentality is big among resellers - talk about that mindset.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Jeezy’s raspy flow and motivational 16s served up trap to the masses and shifted the landscape of southern rap, while giving hustlers the playbook to corporate thuggin’.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 June 2025

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“Highflier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highflier. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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